RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60599)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 60599)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Second neocorate
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Π ΗΓ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟΝ ΕϹ (sic) / Π - Π
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Π(όπλιον) Ἠγ(νάτιον) Γαλλιηνὸν Εὐ(σεβὴς) π(ατέρα) π(ατρίδος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Publius Egnatius Gallienus Pious father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ Α Μ Κ / Γ - Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλ(εως) αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus in left and pouring from cantharus over panther to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.51 g
Axis 6, 7, 11, 12
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1838,0921.130 BMC 325
    P: 1530 SNG 1826
    Cop SNG 409
    NY: 1944.100.55086
    NY: 1944.100.83633
    A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz vi.1468
    A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz vi.1469
    Ayvagediği 184
    Ayvagediği 185
    Ayvagediği 186
    CNG 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 286
    CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 286
    CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 305
    CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 275
    Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, 1846
    ✸ Leu EA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 837
    Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 778 = Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1846